Act of Oblivion: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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The book excels in its stunning recreation of the landscape of America... Harris proves himself to be masterful at this and it gives the book a vibrant memorability New Statesman

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Based on real and fascinating history, this is Robert Harris's best since An Officer and a Spy The TimesA riotously enjoyableand thoroughly modern manhunt. . . . Act of Oblivionisa book rich in the illuminating details that bring the past to life. . . . There’sa delicious sense of being in the hands of a master, of watching as the pieces of the narrative puzzle fall into place. Act of Oblivionis a fine novel." — The Observer

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Harris is a master of historical fiction, a compelling author who brings to life the recent and ancient past Justin Warshaw, TLS He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, “They killed the King.” It is easy to forget that Act of Oblivion is a fictional work based on actual events, which is a testament to Robert Harris’ writing. The book provides not only significant amounts of European history, but also thrilling suspense over Nayler’s pursuit of his final two targets . . . . Learning European history was never this much fun in school!" — Bookreporter

Harris is amaster of historical fiction, a compelling authorwho brings to life the recent and ancient past." — Times Literary Supplement Pacy and tense, and the pungently evoked past offers up some shrewd present-day parallels Mail on Sunday It will come as no surprise to readers familiar with Harris’ work that this is a splendidly written historical novel. Harris really is a joy to read. . . . Another top-flight effort from a master storyteller.”— Booklist Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times England. General Edward Whalley and his son-in law Colonel William Goffe board a ship bound for the New World. They are on the run, wanted for the murder of King Charles I—a brazen execution that marked the culmination of the English Civil War, in which parliamentarians successfully battled royalists for control.

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Harrisskilfully weavespieces of his characters’ pasts giving the story depth and credibility. His research is comprehensive. . . . Act of Oblivionisa clever novel, building slowly and showing more than the hunt for two fugitives.”— Sunday Times(South Africa)I loved Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris, which achieves the astonishing feat of taking 17th-century events and people and telling their stories in 21st-century language without a single seam showing Ben Macintyre, The Times

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He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, 'They killed the King.' This is a novel that asks big historical questions. You could read it as a pure thriller, and it is one of Harris's most compellingly paced to date. You could read it as a piece of intelligent historical immersion. I think it is more; I think it is his best novel since Fatherland. Sunday Times Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, cross the Atlantic. Having been found guilty of high treason for the murder of Charles the I, they are wanted and on the run. A reward hangs over their heads - for their capture, dead or alive.Few writers combine history, politics and excitement of a thriller as enthrallingly as Robert Harris does. Sunday Times Act Of Oblivion offers a resonant history of both England and America as they struggle to forge a myth of nationhood out of opposing ideologies Daily Mail You could read this as a pure thriller, and it is one of Harris’s most compellingly placed to date. You could read it as a piece of intelligent historical immersion. I think it is more; I think it is his best since Fatherland.”— Sunday Times From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliantly imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen involved in the killing of King Charles I and the implacable foe on their trail—an epic journey into the wilds of seventeeth-century New England, and a chase like no other.